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Women’s judiciary panel and 19th Amendment exhibit to be held at ND Law School
Notre Dame Law School will host a panel discussion, How Women Have Shaped the Judiciary, to commemorate the 19th Amendment centennial of women’s right to vote on Friday, January 24...
ND Law’s IP Clinic helps epilepsy assistance nonprofit secure trademark
An Indiana nonprofit helping families affected by epilepsy got some much-needed help from Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic to protect its brand.
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ND Law hosts annual moot court tournament on religious freedom
The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board hosted the fourth annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom on Nov. 8-9 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. Thirteen moot...
Jennifer Thompson: The Concentric Circles of Harm
On Thursday, November 7, the Klau Center and the Exoneration Project welcomed Jennifer Thompson to Notre Dame Law School. Thompson, founder and director of the Healing Justice Project, recalled her...
Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. is BLSA's alumnus of the year
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association recently honored Marlysha Myrthil Liddell ’07 J.D. with the Alvin McKenna Alumnus of the Year Award at their alumni reception....
Notre Dame Law School marks 150 years with celebration weekend
A weekend-long celebration served as the culmination of a year's worth of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Notre Dame Law School. Sesquicentennial Reception The Sesquicentennial Reception, held in Dahnke Ballroom...
Panel discussion brings senators to talk political environment
On Friday, September 28, Notre Dame Law School hosted Senator Chris Coons and former Senators Jeff Flake and Joe Donnelly '77, '81 J.D. for a panel discussion moderated by Professor...
Former professor donates Maltese collection to Kresge Law Library
A special collection focused on the Republic of Malta is being added to the Kresge Law Library at Notre Dame Law School. The collection was donated by Douglas Kmiec, a...
Professor Woodrow Hartzog to give major technology ethics lecture at Notre Dame Law School
With growing concerns over data breaches and privacy, some argue that control over one’s data is necessary, but that might not be the most practical solution, argues Professor Woodrow Hartzog....
Dean Marcus Cole is focused on 'excellence with purpose'
“It has been the great honor of my life to train lawyers, and I am humbled to have the opportunity to help do so at one of the most important...
ND Law clinics help South Bend man discover more than $10,000
Vincent, a South Bend restaurant worker, came to the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center last summer looking for help with back taxes he owed. The situation was complex, and the...
In Memoriam: Professor John Copeland Nagle
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that John Copeland Nagle, Notre Dame Law School’s John N. Matthews Professor of Law, died on May 18, 2019, after a...
Applied Mediation Clinic prepares students for client work
Notre Dame Law School’s Applied Mediation Clinic, led by Professor Michael Jenuwine, gives students practical experience both in and out of the classroom, preparing them to enter the legal profession...
A global perspective: Notre Dame London Law students at the United Nations
Halfway through their semester in London, Notre Dame law students stepped out of the classroom and headed to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, discovering what their studies look like...
Tanya Luo started in ND Law's LL.M. program and finished with a J.D.
For Tanya Luo, her journey at Notre Dame Law School started in 2016 in the LL.M. program and concluded in 2018 with earning a J.D., passing the New York bar,...
Law School launches the Haug Family Innovation Lecture Series
Notre Dame Law School is excited to announce a new lecture series focused on intellectual property, technology, and innovation policy. The Haug Family Innovation Lecture Series was made possible by...
Black Law Students Association holds 2019 awards ceremony
Notre Dame Law School’s chapter of the Black Law Students Association honored faculty and students with awards at their annual banquet on March 30. Veronica Root Martinez, associate professor of...
ND Law Association board dedicates bench for Dean Newton in memory of her brother
The Notre Dame Law Association board commemorated the end of Dean Nell Jessup Newton’s tenure by dedicating a bench in her brother’s name outside of the Stinson Rugby Field during...
Thomas L. Shaffer Memorial Celebration set for April 8
All friends, students, colleagues, and admirers of Professor Emeritus and former Dean Tom Shaffer are invited to join family members in celebrating his work and life April 8 in the...
Japanese judges and prosecutors learn about U.S. law at Notre Dame
For more than 50 years, judges and prosecutors from Japan have come to law schools throughout the United States as visiting scholars to gain a better understanding of American law...
3L Jessica Skocik organizes conference on legal issues of online sex trafficking
Jessica Skocik, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and a Douglass Fellow with the Human Trafficking Institute, recently organized a conference on the fight against online sex trafficking....
LL.M. Spotlight: Nina Oldehaver
For Nina Oldehaver, her LL.M. degree from Notre Dame Law School will give her a better understanding in her international workplace. During her mandatory two-year internship to become a lawyer...
Students in ND London Law Program discover Buckfast Abbey
At the beginning of the spring semester, 15 students in the Notre Dame London Law Program traveled south for the weekend, swapping the bright lights of London for the stark and...
ND Law students pay it forward in work with Clay High School mock trial team
With help from Notre Dame Law School students, expectations at Clay are high this year ahead of regionals later this month and the annual state competition in March.
LL.M. Spotlight: Fernanda Gianesella Bertolaccini
Fernanda Gianesella Bertolaccini wants her voice to be heard. An activist in her native Brazil, Bertolaccini focuses on how private companies comply with voluntary sustainability standards and how they are...
ND Law students host legal aid event for local veterans
A group of Notre Dame Law School students recently hosted a legal aid night for veterans at the Miller Veterans Center in South Bend. They met with homeless vets on...
LL.M. Spotlight: Raphael Ng’etich
Raphael Ng’etich of Kenya has known that he wanted to study and teach law since he was in high school. As a law student at Strathmore University in Nairobi, he...
LL.M. Spotlight: Yue Yu
After working for three years as a senior associate in the merger and acquisition transaction services department for Deloitte Financial Advisory in China, Yue Yu decided it was time for...
Notre Dame Law School kicks off sesquicentennial
The first law class at Notre Dame was held on February 1, 1869, which makes this year Notre Dame Law School’s sesquicentennial. The Law School community kicked off the celebration...
NPR's Nina Totenberg on the Supreme Court, women in journalism, and her father’s violin
More than 500 people came out to hear the NPR legal affairs correspondent speak with Notre Dame Law Professor Randy Kozel.